Men are most powerfully affected by those evils which themselves feel,…

Samuel Johnson
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Men are most powerfully affected by those evils which themselves feel, or which appear before their own eyes. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1857). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, p.124
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Men are most powerfully affected by those evils which themselves feel, or which appear before their own eyes. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1857). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, p.124

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